exchange

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value

   the endgame began after the exchange of queens

2. 2
   noun

   (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop

   black lost the exchange

3. 3
   noun

   the act of giving something in return for something received

   deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable

4. 4
   noun

   the act of changing one thing for another thing

   They were promised immortality in exchange for their disobedience.

5. 5
   noun

   a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one)

   they had a bitter exchange

6. 6
   verb

   hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent

   exchange prisoners

7. 7
   noun

   An act of exchanging or trading.

   All in all, it was an even exchange.

8. 8
   noun

   A place for conducting trading.

   The stock exchange is open for trading.

Etymology

From Middle English eschaungen, from Anglo-Norman eschaungier, Old French eschanger, from the Old French verb eschangier, eschanger (whence modern French échanger), from Vulgar Latin *excambiāre (from Latin ex with Late Latin cambiō). Gradually displaced native Old English wrixlan, wixlan (“to change, exchange, reciprocate”) and its descendants, wrixle being one of them.